Opposition parties in Delta declare support for Keyamo

No fewer than fifteen opposition parties under the aegis of the Association of Registered Political Parties (ARPP) in Delta State have expressed confidence in the candidacy of human rights lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo who recently declared his intention to run for the 2015 governorship election in the state.

Representatives of the parties had visited him last Saturday in his Effurun country home following an earlier notice to him as soon as his governorship intention was made public about a month ago. They were led on the visit by the ARPP chairman, Comrade Monday Emuariah. Among the parties represented on the occasion were Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Labour Party (LP), Accord Party (AP) and others.

According to the party leaders who were received by the coordinators of Delta Forces United (DFU), polled from the various local government areas of the state, the purpose of the visit was to align their position with the aspiration of Keyamo whose entry into the governorship race was considered a good omen for politics in Delta State.

Their words: “Politics in Delta State now promises to be bright with the declaration by a man like Festus Keyamo, whose antecedent as a courageous lawyer is well known to all, to run for an elective position.”

In his response, Keyamo who was personally encouraged by the visit, told the party representatives that DFU was working hard to come up with a blueprint for the development of Delta State. He explained that DFU is an organisation for Deltans, residents of Delta and friends of Delta who believe in positive change in all the nooks and crannies of the state.